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Monday, October 23, 2017

I'm still migrating files out of MediaFire, but in the meantime, I thought it was a good idea to add icons to all my PowerPoint games on the Projects page. Yes, even the ancient projects I've abandoned years ago have been given icons. Here's a glance of what I've made.

Saturday, October 21, 2017

After six years of service, I am planning to retire MediaFire and migrate all of my downloadable projects to Google Drive. The reason? Unlike MediaFire, Google Drive does not serve ads while downloading and appears to be more robust to use.

For cleaner download links, I am using my Github page to process download queries. Here's an example on how it works. The below URL,

So far, I have only moved Bingo Master Board PLUS to Google Drive. The migration process will take a while for all projects, especially the old ones. So for the time being, expect a mixture of MediaFire and Github -> Google Drive based download links. I'll edit this post when I'm done migrating every project.

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

I'll admit, the first release of Bingo Master Board PLUS was rushed. The code was a mess, it only had one distinguishing feature, and it was all built up within less than a day. That's why version 2.0 is ready to roll, addressing the sloppiness from v1.0 and introducing a plethora of new useful Bingo features. Let's take a look, shall we?

Now you can project and play Bingo games using free open source software.

This LibreOffice version, a macro-powered presentation, tries its best to port as many master board features as it can from its PowerPoint brethren. Although not everything could be ported due to LibreOffice limitations, it retains the core PLUS feature: the ability to randomly (and manually) draw Bingo balls.

Need help setting this game up? Click here for my troubleshooting tips.

LibreOffice is impressive for being a completely free office suite, but it's not without its share of problems. Here are some issues I've encountered while testing Bingo Master Board PLUS for LIbreOffice and what I recommend to solve them.